An Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha has officially granted Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, permission to serve court documents on Kenneth Okonkwo through substituted means after attempts at personal service were unsuccessful.
The court ordered that the documents be pasted at Okonkwo’s last known address in Nsukka, Enugu State, or handed to any adult found at the residence.
The suit is expected to proceed once the substituted service is completed.
Recall that the legal action followed allegations made by Okonkwo that Obi and some NDC leaders in the South-East demanded additional payments from aspirants seeking the party’s tickets for National Assembly positions.
Okonkwo claimed that documentary evidence, including receipts, existed to support his allegations.
He also alleged that Obi personally compiled candidate lists from a hotel room in Abuja and made other claims bordering on dishonesty and criminal conduct.
Following the allegations, Obi’s legal team issued a pre-action letter demanding a retraction, a public apology on Channels Television and social media platforms, N5 billion in damages, and an undertaking that Okonkwo would refrain from making similar statements in the future.
In another development, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Obi has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publicly publish the academic certificates and credentials submitted by every candidate seeking elective office.
The former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections argued that greater transparency would strengthen public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process.
Obi made the call in a statement he issued on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, titled “What Truly Should Be Our Priority Now as Leaders of a Nation?”, in which he questioned whether Nigeria’s political leaders were demonstrating the qualities of responsible leadership amid worsening insecurity, hunger and allegations of public sector corruption.
According to him, the reflection was prompted while completing his INEC nomination form on Monday.
“This question has become necessary, given where we are today as a nation and where we are supposed to be,” Obi said. READ MORE
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